• DocumentCode
    857607
  • Title

    Three-Dimensional Space Charge Calculation Method

  • Author

    Lysenko, W.P. ; Wadlinger, E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2509
  • Lastpage
    2512
  • Abstract
    We present a method for calculating space-charge forces suitable for use in a particle tracing code. We solve Poisson´s equation in three dimensions with boundary conditions specified on an arbitrary surface by using a weighted residual method. Using a discrete particle distribution as our source input, examples are shown of off-axis, bunched beams of noncircular crosssection in radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) and drift-tube linac geometries.
  • Keywords
    Boundary conditions; Computational geometry; Electrostatics; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Moment methods; Particle beams; Poisson equations; Radio frequency; Space charge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1981.4331739
  • Filename
    4331739